GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| inclined | having inclination, disposition, or tendency |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |